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UPON the sixteenth hundred year

of God, and fifty-three

Frae Christ was born that bought us dear

as writings testifie,

On January the sixteenth day,

as I did lye alone,

With many a sigh and sob did say

making a heavy moan.

Dame Nature, that instructive guide;

did stand up me before.

And said to me thou must provide

this life for to abhor:

Thou sees what things are gone before,

experience teacheth thee,

In whatsover state thou be,

remember, man, to die.

Of all the creatures bearing

recal back in thy mind;

Consider how they ebb and thrive,

each thing in their ow kind

Yet few of them leave such a strain,

as God hath given to thee,

Therefore this lesson keep in mind,

remember, man, to die.